Your Top 10 Favorite (not best) Bass Players

[TimR]

Good thread. Leave it a few weeks then post a poll containing the top 10 so we can vote them into order.

No mention of Lee Pomeroy yet?

[Count Bassy]

In no particular order:

Andy Fraser
Gary Twigg
Neil Murray
Jerome Rimson
Jack Bruce
Flynn Whelan
Boz Burrell
Norman Watt-Roy
Roger Glover
John Paul Jones

... Could be different tomorrow

......

Actually I need to put Peter Stroud in there somewhere, so probably take out Roger Glover (Sorry Roger)

Edited June 14, 2013 by Count Bassy

[TimR]

Geddy Lee
Sting
Peter Trewais (sp?)
The Ox
Roger Waters
Adam Calyton (ducks and runs for cover)
Steve Harris

[Clarebear68]

Sting
John Taylor
Mani
Pino
Mark King
Flea
Les Claypool
Aston Barrett
Mick Karn
Bernard Edwards

[W11ATO]

Paul Webb.....nada ??

Edited June 16, 2013 by W11ATO

[Bassection]

In this order:

Minei Makkatsu (High and Mighty Color)
Jeff Hughell
SIN (SiM - Silence iz Mine)
Ata (Knock Out Monkey)
Rob Trujillo
Ryota Kohama (ONE OK ROCK)
Irojiro
Hama Okamoto (Okamoto's)
Hiroyuki Isobe (Champagne)
Pino Palladino


Chances are high that you guys won't know any of these bassists apart from a few (Pino and Rob obviously, maybe Jeff)

Edited June 16, 2013 by Bassection

[Thor]

I'll play along:

Geddy Lee
John Entwistle
John Paul Jones
Tommy Shannon
Roger Hodgson
Paul McCartney
Nate Watts
James Jamerson
Jack Bruce
Tina Weymouth

[bobbass4k]

Justin Chancellor
Jeff Caxide
Neil Mahony
Steven Hodson
Jon Ellis
Troy Sanders
Jesse F. Keeler
Dominic Aitchison
Scott Reeder
Chris Wolstenholme

[BassTractor]

[quote name='Bassection' timestamp='1371408506' post='2113527']
Chances are high that you guys won't know any of these bassists apart from a few
[/quote]

Indeed I don't know most of them, but I was deeply saddened you found no place for Ryuhei Maruyama of the stellar J-Pop band[b] Kanjani[size=6]∞[/size][/b].
Sniff.

b,
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Edited June 16, 2013 by BassTractor

[Lobster fingers]

Here's a selection of my favourites:

[b][size=3]Van Conner (Screaming Trees)[/size][/b]

[b][size=3]Rich Mullins (Karma to Burn)[/size][/b]
[b] [b][size=3]Scott Reeder (Kyuss)[/size][/b][/b]

[b] [b][size=3]Al Cisneros (Sleep/Om)[/size][/b][/b]

[b] [b][size=3]Paul Hinojos (At the Drive In)[/size][/b][/b]

[b] [b][size=3]Al Cisnero is the one I'm listening to most at present. Check out his band Om, just drum and bass...[/size][/b][/b]

[Nibody]

[list=1]
[*]John Paul Jones
[*]The Ox
[*]Phil Lynott
[*]Jack Bruce
[*]The Duck
[*]James Jamerson
[*]Dave Ellefson
[*]Steve Harris
[*]Bruce Foxton
[*]Neil Murray
[/list]

[Evil Undead]

Ok, I'll play. In no order...

John Deacon
Bernard Edwards
Nathan Watts
James Jamerson
Cliff Burton
Rutger Gunnarsson
Steve Harris
John McVie
Jason Newstead
Dusty Hill

[the_skezz]

[quote name='Ian Savage' timestamp='1371218356' post='2111346']
Random John Poole
[/quote]

You heard his solo record yet, the one released earlier this year? Some amazing lines on that, especially tracks like Death of Soul and Into the Sunset

[Thor]

[quote name='Evil Undead' timestamp='1371490555' post='2114532']
Ok, I'll play. In no order...

Rutger Gunnarsson

[/quote]

A Class Act!

[louseskaman]

1 Flea
2 Nate Watts
3 Cliff Burton
4 Anthony Evzy
5 Horace Panter
6 Mark Bedford
7 Krist Novoselic
8 Steve Harris
9 Bruce Foxton
10 John Paul Jones

Edited December 19, 2013 by louseskaman

[kendall]

In no particular order:

1. Justin Chancellor
2. Cliff Burton
3. Glenn Hughes
4. Frank Bello
5. John Taylor
6. Tony Pettit
7, Simon Gallup
8. Tim Commerford
9. Steve Harris
10. Dick Lovgren

[Bassassin]

Keeping it to 10 might be tricky.

Dennis Dunaway
Steven Severin
Peter Steele
Geddy Lee
John Entwhistle
JJ Burnel
Tony Butler
Nick Beggs
Mark King
Lemmy

In no particular order.

Jon.

[iconic]

I love a list...

[i][b]1/John Taylor[/b][/i]
[i][b]2/ Mark Adams[/b][/i]
[i][b]3/ Macca[/b][/i]
[i][b]4/ Deon Estus[/b][/i]
[i][b]5/ Trevor Horn[/b][/i]
[i][b]6/ Davide Romani...Change[/b][/i]
[i][b]7/ Buddy" Hankerson [/b][/i]
[i][b]8/ Bernard[/b][/i]
[i][b]9/ Mark King[/b][/i]
[i][b]10/ Andy Rourke[/b][/i]

[i][b]my sub' being Les Nemes[/b][/i]

:blink:err....an 80's thing going on there.

Edited December 19, 2013 by iconic

[christhammer666]

1.john myung 2.steve harris 3.rex brown 4.jason newsted 5.geddy lee 6.dave eleffson 7.michael lepond 8.geezer butler 9.ian hill 10.lemmy

[NoRhino]

[list=1]
[*]Jimmy Lea (Slade)
[*]James Dewar (Robin Trower)
[*]Jack Bruce
[*]Larry 'The Mole' Taylor (Canned Heat)
[*]Andy Fraser (Free)
[*]John B. Sparks (Dr Feelgood)
[*]Marshall Grant (Johnny Cash)
[*]Alan Lancaster (Status Quo)
[*]Les Claypool (Primus)
[*]The million others I don't know about yet who could blow me away.
[/list]

[Hobbayne]

1. Nigel Harrison (Blondie)
2. Gary Beers (INXS)
3. Tmothy Scmit (The Eagles)
4. Gerry Mc Avoy (Rory Gallegher)
5.Klaus Voorman (John Lennon, George Harrison)
6. Bedders (Madness)
7. Kelly Groucutt (ELO)
8. Bozz Burrell (Bad Company)
9. Dennis Dunaway (Alice Cooper)
10. Mike Oldfield

Thought I mention a few of my faves

[Leonard Smalls]

Bootsy
Jamaaladeen Tacuma
Larry Graham
Jonas Hellborg
Les Claypool
Bill Laswell
Norman Watt-Roy
Robert Trujillo
Stanley Clarke
Big Tony Fisher

[Bassmonkey]

[list=1]
[*]Bernard Edwards
[*]Bruce Foxton
[*]Carlos Dengler
[*]Paul Simenon
[*]Matt Freeman
[*]Trevor Bolder
[*]Lemmy
[*]Andy Rourke
[*]Mani
[*]Trujillo
[/list]
In no order of course........

[4000]

Electric bassists? Difficult but something like this, although it leaves out too many of my favourites....

Chris Squire
John Entwistle
Stanley Clarke
Lemmy
Leigh Gorman
John McVie
Rutger Gunnarsson
Stuart Zender
Mike Rutherford
Bernard Edwards

[Samashton12]

In no particular order:

Jared Followill
Colin Greenwood
Jaco Pastorius
Macca
Jack Bruce
JPJ
John Entwhistle
Krist Novoselic
James Jamerson
Kim Deal